gradient
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- concentration gradient hyponym
- gravity gradient hyponym
- temperature gradient hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
a five-degree gradient
Types & categories
- spatial relation hypernym
- grade hyponym
- rake hyponym
- precipitousness hyponym
- gentleness hyponym
Related & opposite
- slope derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concentration gradient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravity gradient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | temperature gradient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slope |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial relation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | precipitousness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gentleness |